Our Girl's Weekend

Every year Susan and I have a girl's weekend. Usually it involves traveling somewhere, Boston, Chicago, the Carolina shore. This year we decided to keep the trip close to home, but boy did we have fun. First of all to have a girl's weekend we need to get rid of all boys. Easy enough, Ben was working and Daniel stayed in Charlotte. Susan arrived in Atlanta Friday night and we kicked the weekend off. Originally she had planned on driving but due to the gas shortage, Georgia and North Carolina are experiencing she ended up flying in. Friday night we kept it low key. We fixed dinner, watched the Presidential debate and did a lot of chatting.

Saturday was going to be a full day of shopping. We started out by hitting IKEA. I can't tell you how much fun I have looking around, it is just a fun place. We shopped for a good two hours and stopped for lunch. The food is pretty good and their prices can't be beat.

Time for some silliness.

We still had another floor to look at after lunch. We easily spent three hours in IKEA.

I think this is how we all felt.

Next it was off to shop for some clothes at H&M. Shopping at H&M is definitely a trade mark of our girl's weekend. I don't think we could truly call it a girl's weekend if we didn't hit an H&M.

After H&M we had a few more shops to hit before we called it a day. I must say Maggie Grace was a real sport, she loves to go shopping. At about seven we called it a day and headed home. We picked up a pizza, which we devoured and sat in front of the T.V. watching a movie that neither of our husbands would be interested in watching. The movie was about shoes, need I say more?

Sunday came much too soon, and it was time for Susan to head back to Charlotte. Maggie Grace and her Aunt Susan got a few hours of playing in before it was off to the airport. It was sad taking her to the airport. We always have such fun together that the time just flies by. I can't wait to see where we will go next year, Miami?

Laid Back... With my mind on my mommy and my mommy on my mind

Hanging out while I fix lunch.

Enjoying a little tummy time.

Maggie Grace loves lavendar just like her great-grandmother.

Taking a little snooze with her fluffy.

Our trip to Wynne

Last week Ben, Maggie Grace, Ginger and I took a road trip to Wynne. It was any easy car ride, at least for me. We left Atlanta at 9 p.m., Ben drove us safely to Wynne while I got to sleep, how nice it was. Ben left us in Wynne while he was at work. We had a busy and fun visit. We spent Wed, Thurs, and Fri visting and doing errands.

Finally Saturday arrived, the real reason we were in town, Sol's first Birthday Party. I was so excited, I had been eagerly anticipating this big day. What were we going to get Sol for a present, when were we going to Wynne, what was Maggie Grace going to wear. I think I about drove Ben crazy. It was such a great party! Sol was the quintessential Birthday boy. He had an absolute ball playing with his friends, and he did not dissappoint when it came cake time.

After the party, Joy invited Maggie Grace and I to go to the Cooper Young festival with her and Julia in Memphis. Oh my gosh, I'm so glad I went! We met up with Tara and Emmy and had the best time.

Monday Maggie Grace and I trekked over to Memphis and picked Ben up. She was an absolute angel, which is not always the case in the car. Tuesday we caught up with Stan, Beth, Linton, and Katie for some pizza. It was our first time meeting Katie, she is an absolute doll.

All Kinds of New Things

Maggie Grace has been busy adding new moves to her repertoire. I caught her the other day sucking her thumb.

Ben gave me a book of age appropriate games to play with Maggie Grace for the next year. One of the games has me rolling her over in a blanket. We play this game about two or three times a day. Well, I guess it is working. The other day we were playing, she was laying on her belly and the next thing I knew she had rolled over on her own. This morning, I laid her on her tummy for tummy time like we do every morning, I ran into the office to turn the computer on, back into the nursery and she was on her back smiling up at me.

The two of us have a lot of fun together. We go for a walk bright and early while it's still cool. She is wonderful, we walk a little over four miles which takes us an hour. She usually sleeps for the first 50 minutes. We have about 4 different games we play during the day. I'll try to snap some pictures. We've been mixing things up lately. I'm feeling a lot more confident. Last week the two of us went to the movies to see House Bunny and last night we went to dinner at church with some friends. She really loves being out and about people watching.